“On the Presentation of Nature” - Avant-garde shorts from The Filmmakers Cooperative's catalogue

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Closing of the project "La fàbrica d'imatges" by Rrose Present
September 19, 2024 9:30 p.m.
Film Library Session, Cine Catalunya, Terrassa, Barcelona
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“On the Presentation of Nature” Avant-Garde Shorts from The Filmmakers Cooperative catalogue
“Exploring 50 Years of Experimental Filmmaking on Nature and the Environment from The Filmmakers Cooperative, NYC catalogue” curated by CINEMÓVIL x Filmmakers Cooperative. NYC. With Land Art pioneer Nancy Holt and Marie Menken, the filmmaker who taught Andy Warhol how to film with a Bolex camera.

“International dialogue” session of the project "The Image Factory" by Rrose Present for the exhibition on the 0th floor of the Sala Muncunill (06-29_09.08.2024)

Length 90 minutes
Original version with Catalan subtitles.
Digital Program 57 minutes + discussion with the participation of Dolors Font (Film Critic of Diari de Terrassa) and Rrose Present.

Program:

MARIE MENKEN - Glimpse of the Garden, 1957, 16mm, color, sound, 5 minutes
DAVE GEAREY - Branches, 1975, 16mm, color, sound, 6.5 minutes
RROSE PRESENT - Ilegal Contemplation, 2017, digital, color, sound, 3 minutes
NANCY HOLT - Sun Tunnels, 1978, color, sound, 26.5 minutes
LUJÁN MONTES - Intemperie/Out in the Open, 2014, B&W, sound, 8.45 minutes
LEONARDO PIRONDI - Earth Had Issues Loading, 2020, color, sound, 9.1 minutes

The Filmmakers Cooperative, NYC was created by a division of the New American Cinema Group, (NACG) in 1961, as a result of the collaboration between 22 NYC artists (Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Ken and Flo Jacobs, Andy Warhol and Jack Smith...). They took up again that tradition of personal films made by artists and created the first distribution cooperative in America because their works were rejected by commercial cinema circuits. They were part of a countercultural movement called Underground or Avant Garde cinema that, with a great social and political conscience, fought against the ethical and aesthetic canons of mass indoctrination established by the Hollywood industry.

LINK to original program: https://film-makerscoop.com/screenings/cinemovil-nyc-x-film-makers-coope...

Rrose Present has been part of the distributor The Filmmakers Cooperative, NYC, since 2015. Sharing a catalogue with the most relevant authors of experimental cinema. Among the more than 6,000 pieces, it was selected to participate in the session “On the Presentation of Nature” in NYC. The original version of the CINEMÓVIL x Filmmakers Cooperative curatorship included other authors such as Rudolph Burckhardt and Paul Arthur with works not available in digital version.

Joan Marimón's review of Rrose Present (excerpt)
Filmmaker, writer on cinema and professor at l’ESCAC.

“… Yes, Rrose Present “goes against the grain”, with the usual courage of experimental filmmakers, who know of the natural opposition of the mainstream, the natural incomprehension of the majority public, and the usual indifference of the culture sections of the administration. It turns out that it is also undeniable that the audiovisual industry is progressing thanks to filmmakers like her, since the “illustration of literary stories” in the industry tends to sclerosis…”